Listen to this podcast to hear Andrew Hargreaves, in conversation with Dr Hester Wilson (GP and addiction specialist) and Dr Chris Hayes (pain specialist) discussing what is SafeScript NSW and how the system works. They will also share their experience using SafeScript NSW and how it has supported their clinical decision making.

Links to the resources and services discussed in their podcast:

SafeScript NSW (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners) provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines to improve clinical decision making and patient safety.

Registering (https://register.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/) for SafeScript NSW is simple and takes about five minutes. Once registered, health practitioners can enable their integrated clinical software to support SafeScript NSW.

A number of clinical tools are available to support general practitioners to use SafeScript NSW. These include:

SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/clinical-advice-line) 1800 434 155 offering free 24/7 clinical advice staffed by experienced Clinical Advisors

SafeScript NSW eLearning modules (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/education-and-training)

SafeScript NSW HealthPathways (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/healthpathways)

For more information about SafeScript NSW, please visit http://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au

Listen to this podcast to hear Andrew Hargreaves, in conversation with Dr Hester Wilson (GP and addiction specialist) and Dr Chris Hayes (pain specialist) discussing what is SafeScript NSW and how the system works. They will also share their experience using SafeScript NSW and how it has supported their clinical decision making.

Links to the resources and services discussed in their podcast:

SafeScript NSW (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners) provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines to improve clinical decision making and patient safety.

Registering (https://register.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/) for SafeScript NSW is simple and takes about five minutes. Once registered, health practitioners can enable their integrated clinical software to support SafeScript NSW.

A number of clinical tools are available to support general practitioners to use SafeScript NSW. These include:

SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/clinical-advice-line) 1800 434 155 offering free 24/7 clinical advice staffed by experienced Clinical Advisors

SafeScript NSW eLearning modules (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/education-and-training)

SafeScript NSW HealthPathways (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/healthpathways)

For more information about SafeScript NSW, please visit http://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au

Listen to this podcast to hear Andrew Hargreaves, in conversation with Dr Hester Wilson (GP and addiction specialist) and Dr Chris Hayes (pain specialist) discussing what is SafeScript NSW and how the system works. They will also share their experience using SafeScript NSW and how it has supported their clinical decision making.

Links to the resources and services discussed in their podcast:

SafeScript NSW (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners) provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines to improve clinical decision making and patient safety.

Registering (https://register.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/) for SafeScript NSW is simple and takes about five minutes. Once registered, health practitioners can enable their integrated clinical software to support SafeScript NSW.

A number of clinical tools are available to support general practitioners to use SafeScript NSW. These include:

SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/clinical-advice-line) 1800 434 155 offering free 24/7 clinical advice staffed by experienced Clinical Advisors

SafeScript NSW eLearning modules (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/education-and-training)

SafeScript NSW HealthPathways (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/healthpathways)

For more information about SafeScript NSW, please visit http://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au

Listen to this podcast to hear Andrew Hargreaves, in conversation with Dr Hester Wilson (GP and addiction specialist) and Dr Chris Hayes (pain specialist) discussing what is SafeScript NSW and how the system works. They will also share their experience using SafeScript NSW and how it has supported their clinical decision making.

Links to the resources and services discussed in their podcast:

SafeScript NSW (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners) provides prescribers and pharmacists with real-time information about a patient’s prescribing and dispensing history for certain high-risk medicines such as opioids and benzodiazepines to improve clinical decision making and patient safety.

Registering (https://register.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/) for SafeScript NSW is simple and takes about five minutes. Once registered, health practitioners can enable their integrated clinical software to support SafeScript NSW.

A number of clinical tools are available to support general practitioners to use SafeScript NSW. These include:

SafeScript NSW Clinical Advice Line (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/clinical-advice-line) 1800 434 155 offering free 24/7 clinical advice staffed by experienced Clinical Advisors

SafeScript NSW eLearning modules (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/education-and-training)

SafeScript NSW HealthPathways (https://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au/health-practitioners/clinical-support/healthpathways)

For more information about SafeScript NSW, please visit http://www.safescript.health.nsw.gov.au

Listen to this podcast to hear Dr Suzie Hudson talk to Dr Esther Han(GP and addiction medicine specialist} about having conversations with young people, their prescribed drugs and the interaction when mixing them with alcohol or other illicit or non-prescribed drugs e.g. alcohol, antidepressants, MDMA and antianxiety drugs. They will discuss how to initiate a conversation about drug use, using non stigmatising language, the potential harm associated with mixing different drugs and alcohol and how to access youth services.

Links to the resources and services discussed in this podcast:

The NSW Health Your Room website (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/) has general information about alcohol and other drugs and support services. The Stay OK pages (https://yourroom.health.nsw.gov.au/getting-help/Pages/Stay-OK.aspx) on Your Room have harm reduction information for people attending music festivals.

Drug & Alcohol Specialist Advisory Service is a free 24/7 telephone service that provides general advice to health professionals who may require assistance with the clinical diagnosis and management of patients with alcohol and other drug related concerns.

Within Sydney Metropolitan Area: (02) 8382-1006, Regional, Rural & Remote NSW: 1800 023 687

Queensland NADA (https://qnada.org.au/harm-reduction-information-health-professionals/) have a range of factsheets which describe some of the interactions between a range of psychoactive substances and commonly prescribed mental health medications. The information provided in these resources is general only.

Listen to this podcast to learn about the role of GP’s in identifying and assessing young people with video gaming addictions, and having meaningful conversations with family members/carers/guardians to support them in addressing this issue.

This podcast discusses care for a patient who is clinically appropriate for hepatitis C testing. You’ll learn approaches to patient engagement, clinical skills and practice tips and resources to care for this patient. With the elimination of hepatitis C now an achievable goal in NSW, your role as a GP in testing, diagnosis and treatment has never been so important.

This podcast follows on from the first podcast in the series where a GP, sexual health specialist, nurse practitioner and patient advocates discussing approaches to conversations with patients about STIs and blood-borne viruses.

Listening notes:

• Podcast 3 has the same introduction as podcast 1 & 2 – suggest skipping and starting at 05:58 if you have previously heard.

• The volume of panellist Dr Kym Collins is low – suggest raising volume

Podcast resources:

ASHM – Decision Making in Hepatitis C - https://ashm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2021ASHM-Decision-making-in-hepatitis-C_.pdf

NSW STI Programs Unit – NSW Health (collection of STI resources for GPs and patients) - https://stipu.nsw.gov.au/gp/

HCV GP Management Plan – ASHM - https://ashm.org.au/resources/ashm-hcv-gpmp-march-2021/

Communicare User Manual – Viral Hepatitis - https://ashm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Resource_Communicare_User_Manual_Low_Res_18MB.pdf

Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia – practice support toolkits - https://ecpartnership.org.au/toolkit#act_ec_practice_support_toolkit

Dried Blood Spot – HCV and HIV testing service - https://www.dbstest.health.nsw.gov.au/

ACON Alcohol and other Drugs programs - https://www.acon.org.au/what-we-are-here-for/alcohol-drugs/ (including Pivot Point - https://pivotpoint.org.au/)

NUAA (NSW Users and AIDS Association) - https://nuaa.org.au/

Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service – NSW Health - http://www.mhahs.org.au/

NSW Sexual Health Infolink - https://www.shil.nsw.gov.au/

Hepatitis NSW - https://www.hep.org.au/

This podcast discusses care for a patient diagnosed with syphilis. You’ll learn approaches to patient engagement (from a GP and patient advocates’ perspectives), clinical and practice tips (particularly for engaging young people and LGBTQIA+ patients) and the resources you’ll need to care for this patient. With syphilis on the rise among the general population in NSW, this podcast equips GPs for the important role you play in preventing infection among your patients and community.

This podcast follows on from the first podcast in the series where a GP, sexual health specialist, nurse practitioner and patient advocates discussing approaches to conversations with patients about STIs and blood-borne viruses.

Listening notes:

• Podcast 2 has the same introduction as podcast 1 – suggest skipping and starting at: 05:40 if you have previously heard.

• The volume of panellist Dr Kym Collins is low – suggest raising volume

Podcast resources:

NSW Sexual Health Infolink - https://www.shil.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Sexual Health Clinics - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/sexualhealth/pages/sexual-health-clinics.aspx

STI HIV Testing Tool - NSW Health - http://www.stipu.nsw.gov.au/sti-hiv-testing-tool

ASHM - Decision Making in Syphilis - https://ashm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/FINALSCREENDecision-makinginsyphilis_V2.2_Nov21-1.pdf

Australian STI Management Guidelines - https://sti.guidelines.org.au/

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) - https://www.ashm.org.au/resources/

Let Them Know - https://letthemknow.org.au/

Melbourne Sexual Health Centre - https://www.mshc.org.au/

This podcast features a GP, sexual health specialist, nurse practitioner and patient advocates discussing simple approaches to having conversations with patients about STIs and blood-borne viruses (BBVs). With some STIs on the rise in NSW, you’ll learn about the latest trends, who’s at risk and practical ways to improve patient care to prevent STI and BBV infection among your patients and local community.

The panellists discuss:

• What can help GPs to build confidence

• What patients want GPs to know and do

• The best available tools and resources

• Strategies for working with young people and LGBTQIA+ patients

Listening notes:

• The volume of panellist Dr Kym Collins is low – suggest raising volume

Podcast resources:

STI HIV Testing Tool - NSW Health - http://www.stipu.nsw.gov.au/sti-hiv-testing-tool

ASHM – Decision Making in Hepatitis B - https://ashm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/ASHM-Decision-Making-in-Hepatitis-B-2021-update-2.pdf

ASHM – Decision Making in Hepatitis C - https://ashm.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/2021ASHM-Decision-making-in-hepatitis-C_.pdf

Australian STI Management Guidelines - https://sti.guidelines.org.au/

NSW Sexual Health Infolink - https://www.shil.nsw.gov.au/

NSW Sexual Health Clinics - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/sexualhealth/pages/sexual-health-clinics.aspx

Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM) - https://www.ashm.org.au/resources/

ACON - https://www.acon.org.au/

Welcome Here (inclusivity project for LGBTIQ people)- https://www.welcomehere.org.au/about

TransHub - https://www.transhub.org.au/clinicians

Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service – NSW Health - http://www.mhahs.org.au/

Hepatitis NSW - resources - https://www.hep.org.au/resources/free-hepatitis-resources/

Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia – practice support toolkits - https://ecpartnership.org.au/toolkit#act_ec_practice_support_toolkit

Dr Jane Brabin talks to Dr Ellie Freedman and Dr Kathy Kramer about the role of good documentation in management of domestic and family violence.

Resources:

A comprehensive safety plan:

Western Integrated Family Violence Partnership - My Safety Plan: https://whwest.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Safety_Plan2.pdf

State-based DFV risk assessment and management frameworks:

• NSW – Domestic violence safety assessment tool (DVSAT) - https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/41873/Domestic-Violence-Safety-and-Assessment-Tool-DVSAT.pdf

• VIC - Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework (MARAM) - https://www.vic.gov.au/family-violence-multi-agency-risk-assessment-and-management

• QLD - Domestic and family violence common risk and safety framework - https://www.publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/domestic-and-family-violence-prevention/resource/c927ea9b-6973-4912-966e-dc11d1d46a67

• SA - Family safety framework, Practice Manual - https://officeforwomen.sa.gov.au/documents/family-safety-portal/Family-Safety-Framework-Manual.pdf

• NT - Domestic and Family violence risk assessment and management framework - https://tfhc.nt.gov.au/domestic,-family-and-sexual-violence-reduction/ramf

• WA: Western Australian family and domestic violence common risk assessment and risk management framework - https://www.wa.gov.au/system/files/2021-10/CRARMF.pdf

• National risk assessment principles for domestic and family violence - Toivonen C, Backhouse C. 2018. - https://www.anrows.org.au/research-program/national-risk-assessment-principles/